unhandy

CIDE DICTIONARY

unhandy, a. 

 Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

unhandy, adj.
1 not easy to handle or manage; awkward.
2 not skilful in using the hands.

Derivative

unhandily adv. unhandiness n.

THESAURUS

unhandy

all thumbs, awkward, blunderheaded, blundering, boorish, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, careless, clownish, clumsy, clumsy-fisted, contrary, crosswise, cumbersome, discommodious, fingers all thumbs, fumbling, gauche, gawkish, gawky, graceless, halting, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed, hulking, hulky, ill-considered, ill-seasoned, ill-timed, impractical, improper, inadept, inappropriate, inapt, inauspicious, incommodious, inconvenient, inelegant, inept, inexpedient, inexpert, infelicitous, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, late, left-hand, left-handed, loutish, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, mal a propos, maladroit, malapropos, mistimed, oafish, off base, out of line, out of phase, out of time, perverse, ponderous, premature, sloppy, stiff, too late, too soon, troublesome, unapt, unbefitting, uncouth, undexterous, unfacile, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate, ungainly, ungraceful, unhappy, unlucky, unmanageable, unproficient, unpropitious, unready, unripe, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely, untoward, unwieldy, wooden, wrong

ROGET THESAURUS

unhandy

Unskillfulness

N unskillfulness, want of skill, incompetence, incompentency, inability, infelicity, indexterity, inexperience, disqualification, unproficiency, quackery, folly, stupidity indiscretion, thoughtlessness, sabotage, mismanagement, misconduct, impolicy, maladministration, misrule, misgovernment, misapplication, misdirection, misfeasance, petticoat government, absence of rule, rule of thumb, bungling, failure, screw loose: too many cooks, blunder, etourderie gaucherie, act of folly, balourdise, botch, botchery, bad job, sad work, sprat sent out to catch a whale, much ado about nothing, wild- goose chase, bungler, fool, unskillful, inexpert, bungling, awkward, clumsy, unhandy, lubberly, gauche, maladroit, left-handed, heavy-handed, slovenly, slatternly, gawky, adrift, at fault, inapt, unapt, inhabile, untractable, unteachable, giddy, inconsiderate, stupid inactive, incompetent, unqualified, disqualified, ill-qualified, unfit, quackish, raw, green, inexperienced, rusty, out of practice, unaccustomed, unused, untrained &c, uninitiated, unconversant, shiftless, unstatesmanlike, unadvised, ill-advised, misadvised, ill-devised, ill-imagined, ill-judged, ill-contrived, ill-conducted, unguided, misguided, misconducted, foolish, wild, infelicitous, penny wise and pound foolish, one's fingers being all thumbs, the right hand forgets its cunning, il se noyerait dans une goutte d'eau, incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim, out of the frying pan into the fire, non omnia possumus omnes.